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Feb. 6-7: Pigeon Key Art Festival, Marathon. What started as a weekend gathering of local artists has grown into a nationally recognized art show. The festival features dozens of local and national artists and craftsmen in multiple categories. Live entertainment is scheduled both days, setting the mood for shopping, relaxing, and...

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Check out festivals and events in February across the state.
South Florida and the Keys (including Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Key Largo, Key West and the Treasure Coast)
Feb. 6-7: Pigeon Key Art Festival, Marathon. What started as a...

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The end of the Jeff Gordon Era had everything but the storybook ending.
Gordon had visions of a career walk-off championship, like John Elway exiting as a Super Bowl champ and Ray Bourque did in hoisting the Stanley Cup in his final game. The spirit...

Jeff Gordon still has the special memento from his first race in what is now NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series.
Gordon's debut in that 1992 race at Atlanta Motor Speedway also happened to be the final race for NASCAR's winningest driver, Richard Petty. To...

Denny Hamlin seized the pole position for Sunday's season-ending Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.But Sprint Cup Series championship contenders Kyle Busch and Jeff Gordon were sitting pretty after qualifying in the top five Friday while...

NASCAR has announced its schedule for 2016, which will conclude with championship weekend Nov. 18-20 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
It will mark the 15th consecutive year that the final races for NASCAR's premier series will be held at Homestead.
The...

NASCAR will be handing out some of its hardware in Broward County at the end of this season.The Camping World Truck Series and Xfinity Series postseason awards ceremonies will be held Nov. 23 at the Diplomat Resort and Spa in Hollywood, NASCAR announced...

Get a free Bloomin Onion appetizer at Outback Steakhouse on Monday, Feb. 23
Outback kicks off its popular Bloomin' Monday promotion celebrating NASCAR racer Kevin Harvick wins.
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Patrick Staropoli thought he would start 2015 with an agonizing decision: Quit medical school or give up his dream of becoming a NASCAR driver.
"The cards that were on the table made the decision for me," Staropoli, of Plantation, said last week.
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His wife was crying. His fans were cheering. His crew members were chanting behind him in the falling darkness, "I believed that we would win! I believed that we …"
"Listen to that,'' Kevin Harvick said, looking over his shoulder at his crew.
Yes,...

— He was the one who barely made the Championship 4, and some questioned if he belonged in it at all.
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— Not only will Sunday's race at Homestead-Miami Speeday conclude the 10-week Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, it will mark the end of the road for a much longer-running NASCAR drama.The Ford EcoBoost 400 will be the final NASCAR race televised by...

— It was a bittersweet achievement for Jeff Gordon as he won his first pole at Homestead-Miami Speedway for Sunday's season-ending Ford EcoBoost 400.The favorable spot on the starting grid won't give the veteran a shot at the Sprint Cup title after he...

With NASCAR concluding its Nationwide Series Championship in Florida, it is fitting that rapper Flo Rida will wave the green flag as honorary starter of the Ford EcoBoost 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 15.
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I watched the yellow race car zoom noisily around the speedway, topping speeds of 100 miles per hour. When the stock car glided to a stop in front of the pit, a helmeted figure in black coveralls extracted himself from the passenger side window.
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South Florida will remain the final stop on the road to the championship in NASCAR in 2015 as Homestead-Miami Speedway will host the finales of the circuit’s three premier series for the 14th consecutive year.
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